Police arrest 5 in UK anti-terror raids

Five people from Birmingham were arrested in the past 24 hours as part of an anti-terror investigation conducted with French and Belgian authorities, local police said Friday.

Three men aged 26, 40 and 59, and a 29-year-old woman, were arrested in the central English city Thursday night, and a 26-year-old man was arrested at Gatwick Airport, about 50 kilometers south of central London, early Friday.

The West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit said the arrests are part of “an extensive investigation” by them, together with Belgian and French authorities, as well as Britain’s MI5 intelligence service, “to address any associated threat to the U.K. following the attacks in Europe.”

The group were arrested on “suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,” police said in a statement. All five are being held for questioning.

There are ongoing property searches in Birmingham Friday, police added.

“The arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led,” said Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale, in charge of counter terrorism in the West Midlands region. “There was no risk to the public at any time and there is no information to suggest an attack in the U.K. was being planned.”

Belgian federal prosecutors released a statement Friday afternoon saying they would not provide any details on the case, but that “we emphasize the very good cooperation with the British authorities.”

Authors:

Related stories on these topics:

chustanili chustanili

Once I saw the draft of 5210 bucks,,, I admit that my friend’s brother was like really generating cash in his free time with his COM. His aunt has done this for only 5 months and by now repaid the loan on their home and bought a new Car …B—-08